French General Code of Local Authorities
In forceThe regions of Guadeloupe and La Réunion, the territorial collectivities of French Guiana and Martinique and the Department of Mayotte draw up a regional development plan which sets out the fundamental medium-term guidelines for sustainable development, the enhancement of the territory and the protection of the environment, having regard to the objectives assigned to the action of the public collectivities in terms of town planning by the article L. 101-2 of the town planning code.
It defines the resulting spatial planning principles, and in particular determines the general use of the various parts of the region, the location of major infrastructure and transport facilities, and the preferred location for urban expansion, economic and commercial activities, agriculture, forestry, tourism and renewable energy.
It sets the objectives for urban renewal, the development of new areas and the development of new areas. It sets targets for urban renewal, construction in already urbanised areas, controlling urban sprawl and combating land artificialisation. It sets a trajectory for achieving zero net artificialisation of land and, for each ten-year period, a target for reducing the rate of artificialisation. This trajectory takes account of the constraints specific to coastal municipalities, as defined in article L. 121-1 of the town planning code, subject to the special requirements of a sea enhancement scheme, particularly in terms of spatial planning, urban renewal and insularity, their needs in terms of economic development and the revitalisation of town centres, and the efforts already made by these municipalities.
It defines the principles for ensuring that land is not built up in a way that is detrimental to the environment. It defines the principles for combining the different modes of transport, coordinating the mobility policies implemented by the organising authorities and the objectives of opening up rural areas and developing transport. It may take the place of regional transport infrastructure planning within the meaning of article L. 1213-1 of the Transport Code and regional intermodal planning within the meaning of Article L. 1213-3 of the same code if it pursues the objectives and satisfies the conditions laid down by these articles and by the regulatory provisions adopted for their application.
The general purpose of the various parts of the territory is to promote the development of intermodal transport. The general purpose of the various parts of the territory is the subject of a map, the scale of which is determined by regulation, a map which is specified, where applicable, by the cartographic documents provided for in articles L. 4433-7-1 and L. 4433-7-2.
